Bale-tie



(No Model.)

W. 0. GUNCKEL.

BALE TIE.

No. 357,989. Patented Feb. 15, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVINFIELD O. GUNOKEL, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,989, dated February 15, 1887.

Application filed August 4, 1886. Serial No. 209,973.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WINFIELD O. GUNoKEL, of Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Ties; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to baleties, although the device may be used for various other purposes-such as a bag-fastener, sheaf-binder, 820.

It has for its object to provide such a device which shall be cheap and durable, and, owing to its simple construction, easy of manipulation.

It consists in certain combinations of devices, which I shall now proceed to fully describe, and the specific points of novelty in which will be designated in the claim hereto appended.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the device closed. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same in an open position with the point of the wire entering the concavity of the fastener.

Like letters of reference mark the same parts in all the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A is the metal fastener having the perforation a at one end, through which one end of the continuous wire 13 is passed and fastened in the manner shown at b, Fig. 1. This metal plate is slitted or perforated at the points 0 and D, the center portion, E, being raised above the plane of the fastener. The perforation O is semicircular or elliptical in shape, leaving a (No model.)

wider opening than at the perforation D, the object of which will be hereinafter explained. The front end, F, of the fastener is tapering, as shown, and is provided with a concavity, which serves as a guide for the pointH of the wire when it is pushed through the perforation C and under the portion E, and is finally brought out through the aperture D, its shape allowing the said wire to bebent bacl; and secured in the manner shown in Fig. 1. This fastening-plate A is made of any suitable material. It is light and convenient to use, and when secured aronndabalasheaf, bag, orpackage of any kind is not liable to become untied or slip therefrom.

Any suitable flexible wire may be used, of the desired thickness and length, or rope or cord may be substituted therefor without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

A. wire tie consisting of asingle metal plate having a concaved tapering front end and a central curved raised portion struck up from the plate, said plate being provided with apertures O D at opposite ends of said raised portion, the aperture 0 being elliptical in shape and larger than aperture D, there being a perforation, a, in the rear end of said plate, in combination with the flexible wire or cord having one end securedin the aperture a, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing a my own invention I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WVINFIELD O. GUNCKEL.

Vitnesses:

W. H. SCALE, A. STUKENBERG'. 

